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Jan 22, 2015 9:03 AM CST
Name: Neal Linville
Winchester, KY (Zone 6a)
Bulbs Charter ATP Member Cottage Gardener I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Irises Roses
Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Garden Ideas: Level 2
As an Iris enthusiast, I have been asked the same question many times by new or non gardeners, that tends to make me giggle a bit while trying to answer. Usually, it goes something like this: "I have this Iris, maybe you can tell me what it is. It has green leaves, and purple flowers, what is it?"

Here is a bit of what is going through my mind:



Have you been asked this question?
"...and don't think the garden loses its ecstasy in winter. It's quiet, but the roots are down there riotous." Rumi

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